I've made many DVD's that have worked fine. I would like to try and work with VCD's, but can't seem to get anything to play back.

I'm using TMPGEnc to encode avi to MPG1/MPEG2 using std wizard settings. Then using videoFactory or MyDVD I use the 'make VCD' settings and let them burn to CD-R.

I've read many of the How-To's and still am coming up with nothing.

Can anyone tell a newbie to VCD whats going on? Can't I make an image file with videofactory and just burn it to CD like I do the DVD's?

I using all the standard VCD/SVCD settings in these programs. Has anyone made a successful VCD/SVCD with this same software? Any help would be greatly appreciated.